Harness-hook.



C. SIEVERT.

HARNESS HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. 1915.

Patented May 30, 1916.

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HARNESS-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 20, 1915. Serial No. 62,519.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRIST SIEvER'r, acitizen of the United States, residing in Victor township, in the countyof Towner and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Harness-Hooks, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to harness hooks and vertically movablesupporting means therefor, and has for its objects to provide againstthe jamming of the parts whatever the vertical or lateral position ofthe parts; to provide a horizontally telescopically extensible andcontractible harness prong or hook and bracing means therefor, and tosimplify the. construction and reduce the cost of manufacture, all ofwhich objects, among others, are accomplished by the combination,construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more particularly setforth and claimed. 1

In the accompanying drawingszFigure 1 represents a side elevation of thedevice embodying my invention, the side of the bifurcated end of lever10 being broken away: Fig. 2, a vertical central sectional view of thesame, the bracket and rod or arm 11 being broken away and the latter,the pin and pivoted brace arm being shown in the side elevation, and thecooperating tubular parts of the hook and its brace arm being partly insection and partly in side elevation: Fig. 3, a detail of the lower balland socket joint and the lever 10 and arm 11, broken away, showing indotted lines the extreme lateral swing or play of said lever by reasonof the ball and socket connections of said lever 10 and arm 11 to thebracket and the vertically sliding block 5; and Fig. 4, a transversesectional view on the line 47- 1 of Fig. 1.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, 1 represents the bracket havinglugs 2 at top and bottom perforated at 3 to allow the passagetherethrough of nails, screws or any other suitable fastening means bywhich said bracket is mounted on the wall or stall. This bracket isprovided with two forwardly and inwardly presented integral flanges 4:together, with the rear of said bracket, forming a guideway for thevertically reciprocating block 5.

To the lower part of the bracket 1, is secured, by means of bolts andnuts 6, a stud 7 having a spheroidal end 8 received in thecorrespondingly recessed, or concavely re cessed, bifurcated end 9 oflever 10 to which the bifurcated rod or arm 11 is adjustably connectedby means of a bolt 12 passing through any two of the holes 13 and 14provided respectively in the lever 10 and arm 11 to allow for suchadjustability at this point. The upper end of this rod or arm 11 isprovided with a ball 15 received in a correspondingly shaped socketformed in and between block 5 and a plate 16 secured thereto by means ofscrews or any other convenient and suitable fastening means.

Mounted in transverse recesses in the'back of block 5 are the rollerbearings 17 reducing friction between block 5 and bracket 1, preventingjamming between these parts. Mounted fixedly in the block 5 in thelongitudinal central line, and near the upper part thereof, is thehorizontal pin 18, and in the same vertical plane, below the same, thebrace arm 19 is pivotally mounted in plate 16 to move in said verticalplane. A sleeve 20 having a looped outer end is adapted to Patented May39, 1916.

receive the pin 18 forming therewith a telescopic harness-supporting armand a sleeve 21, pivotally connected to sleeve 20 by means of a collarencircling the latter, or other suitable means, likewise is adapted toreceive the brace arm 19, thus the pin 18 and sleeve 20 adjustablethereon constitute the adjustable hook braced by the telescoping arm 19and sleeve 21. Friction screws 22 passing through sleeves 20 and 21respectively-are adapted to engage respectively the pin 18 and the bracearm 19 to hold these parts in any desired position of adjustment.

In Fig. 1 dotted line a shows diagrammatically the central longitudinalline of lever 10 when the block 5 is in its normal position, and thedotted line b shows similarly said line when said block 5 is in itslowered position. In the former position, as shown, the point ofconnection between the lever 10 and arm 11 will be in a vertical planenearer the bracket 1 than a vertical plane running through the center ofthe spheroidal end 8 of stud 7, hence in normal position the weight ofthe harness, or other articles on the hook, block 5 and arm 11 willoperate to hold all parts in their normal position. In Fig. 3 dottedlines 0 show diagrammatically the central longitudinal line of lever 10in its two extreme lateral positions radiating from said spheroid 8.

In operation, the'ring 23 secured in "the free endof lever is grippedand pulled outward and downward until the point of connection betweenlever 10 and arm 11 is in a vertical plane farther from the bracket vthan the vertical plane through the center block 5 has reached itsnormal position, when the parts will be looked as shown a above, anddescribed.

1 This article maybe applied to a number of uses in addition to thatspecificallymen- ,tioned above,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

bination with means connected to said block 7 7 adapted to lock it inits uppermost position i so ,7 Copies oflthi s patent mayjbe obtainedfor 1., A vertically'slidingblock and an element having a guidewaytherefor, in comor to permit its descent at will, apin secured in saidblock, a brace arm pivotally mounted in said block,.two sleevespivotally connected and telescopically engaging said pin and brace armrespectively and friction screws working through said sleeves to engagerespectively the pin and the brace arm to'hold said sleeves in anydesired position of adjustment.

2. A'bracket having a guideway, a block reciprocating therein andprovided with suspending means, in combination with an arm having balland socket connection with said block at one end and provided with aseries of adjusting holes near its other end, and a lever having similarconnection with said bracket near the bottom thereof and providedadjacent said connection with a series of adjusting holes and meanspassing through any two of the holes to connect said arm and levertogether.

8. A bracket having a guideway, a block reciprocating therein andprovided with suspending means, in combination with an arm having balland socket connection with said block, a lever having similar connectionwith said bracket and means connecting said arm and lever.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, CHRIST SIEVERT. Witnesses E. E. GANSEN, CARL WILBORN.

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